vacuum cleaner?

[earthman]

I remember a roadster in HRM back in the 50's that had a trophy winning paint job painted with a bug sprayer

 

[Sam_Fear]

The old Kirby vacs had a painting attachment. I think you could get some kind of sander attachment also.

Cool car no matter what.

 

[earthman]

Didn't know that Sam. This bucket is unique with that poly motor.

 

[donsrods]

Cool little roadster there. Yep, some of you might be too young to remember, but in the 50's places like Sears (it was Sears-Roebuck back then) sold vacuum cleaners with a ton of accessories. They had mothball dispenser thingies (never did figure that one out ) and also they had paint spray attachments that you hooked up to the discharge end of the vacuum cleaner, so it blew air instead of sucking. (however, the paint jobs they produced DID suck )

We were very simple minded back then, but inventive as h***. The vacuum cleaners even looked like rocket ships. I knew a guy who painted a '50 Ford with a vacuum cleaner, and it was actually pretty good, considering the equipment and the quality of enamel back then.

Don

 

[22dodge]

Vacuum cleaner ???

Cool little roadster, that's for sure.
Painting with a vacuum cleaner... Ya learn something every day on RRR... '22

 

[Gastrick]

 

[bob w]

Gas, you and some of the other RRR regular posters some up with the best hot rod photos I've ever seen.

 

[cycledog]

A guy named Kenny, never knew his last name, live a couple of blocks from me when I was growing up used to paint cars all the time with an Electrolux vacuum. Seemed to always have a job to do in his garage.

 

[Old Gold]

Kirby still sells the paint attachment for the vac. They do work quite nicely. The blow dry filtered but the gun is kind of cheap.

 

[Sam_Fear]

Gas, you and some of the other RRR regular posters some up with the best hot rod photos I've ever seen.

Ditto - that's a great pic.

 

[motomech]

Gastrick has a photo of every hotrod at every angle in the world!!!!!!